If we simply follow the rules that a state imposes upon us when that state is acting contrary to the public interest, we're not actually improving anything. We're not changing anything.

Getting inequality out there into the consciousness was important. All these political pundits now talking about the 2014 and 2016 elections are talking about inequality.

The only reason I do these interviews - I hate talking about myself, I hate doing this stuff - is because incredibly well-meaning people, whom I respect and trust, tell me that this will help bring about positive changes. It's not going to cause a sea change, but it will benefit the public.

The issue I brought forward most clearly was that of mass surveillance, not of surveillance in general.

You can't come up against the world's most powerful intelligence agencies and not accept the risk.

Do we want to emulate China in the way that China emulates the West? I think, for most Americans, the answer to that question would be no.

Our founders did not write that 'We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all US Persons are created equal.'